the statement in the record by hilary shelton of the naacp. this continued reference to inflaming racial tensions, we've heard this before, over and over again. we have problems with the issue of race in america that we have to face squarely. when people are being discriminated against, whoever, wherever in america, the subcommittee on the constitution civil rights and human rights is not going to back away. the second point i would like to make is this --there are many victims when it comes to "stand your ground" laws. alec is not one of them. i will concede that i asked people who were publicly identified as supporters of this organization if they supported the "stand your ground" law. only one out of 140 that responded said that they supported it. i'm not going to enter the names into the record, for the very point is made by the senator from texas. i do not want to establish any chilling effect on political participation, but i think it is reasonable to ask the members of an organization if they agree with that organization's agenda, an ag